Bidsync: Where I found government contracts via a search for "ballot"
http://www.bidsync.com/DPX?by=key&ac=powersearch&isPosting=Y&posting=1&p=&changeregion=&changeorg=&srchHeld=&srchoid_override=&headoid=&sort=end&srchid=&clearsearch=&search=ballot&title=td®ion=-1&dist=&zip=&cat=&cat_1=-1&cat_2=-1&cat_5=-1&cat_3=-1&bidlync_filter=-1&pastbids=2017_2018
Took the contract number and searched local goverenment information to find this:
http://www.miamidade.gov/govaction/matter.asp?matter=181256&file=true&fileAnalysis=false&yearFolder=Y2018
Which leads me to this
https://essvote.com/products/11/31/ballot-on-demand/balotar-compact/
https://essvote.com/products/11/30/ballot-on-demand/balotar-flex/
https://www.essvote.com/about/management-team/
Crosschecked for ownership information (it's not a traded company)
https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapid=96810
searched news and found these:
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ess-establishes-top-level-partnerships-albert-installation-to-further-security-300701631.html
https://www.news-journalonline.com/news/20181113/mark-lane-watching-recount-and-mighty-ds850
and these:
https://fox59.com/2018/11/06/election-day-issues-that-slowed-down-voting-in-johnson-county-have-been-resolved/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/widely-used-election-systems-are-vulnerable-to-attack-report-finds-1538020802
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tensions-flare-as-hackers-root-out-flaws-in-voting-machines-1534078801
http://time.com/5366171/11-year-old-hacked-into-us-voting-system-10-minutes/
Can anyone please archive and repost these pages? Archive. is was giving me shit.
TLDR: just the start but maybe another anon can dig further and find more…. According to the bloomberg page this year they added a fmr. DHS official to be VP of IT security, the prnewswire piece says they are working with DHS as election sites are considered CRITICAL Infrastructure! But I am not totally convinced their /ourguy/